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Housing and Travel

Housing

YALSA's YA Lit Symposium will be held at the Albuquerque Marriott in Uptown, located at 2101 Louisiana Blvd, Albuquerque, NM 87110.

The hotel rate for attendees is $99 single/double. Please check back for a link to reserve your room. If you are looking for a roommate, please post something here.

Air Discounts on United

Special meeting fares have been arranged for travel to the YALSA’s Young Adult Literature Symposium. Custom itineraries may be booked through the ALA Travel Desk by phone or email.
The Travel Desk offers the lowest applicable airfares and best journey times to the meeting.

Fly on United Airlines, the official airline and save with special discounts exclusive to attendees and guests. A 5% discount off qualifying travel on United, United Express, or United code share flights operated by Island Air or Great Lakes (includes US 48 states, Hawaii, and Canada). Plus when you book and ticket 30 days or more in advance you may receive an additional discount. Terms and conditions apply.
International attendees will save too on special discounts based on specific fare codes available on United, United Express, or Lufthansa.
Discounts apply to U.S. point of sales only. Applicable restrictions and terms apply.
ALA Travel Desk toll free at 1-800-644-7313 or email: ala@ganttravel.com
7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Central Time, Monday through Friday.
A minimal transaction fee applies.
You may also contact United Airlines directly at 800-521-4041 and reference code 500CR.

Shuttle

Roommates

If you're looking for a roommate, please share that information here:

Online Social Networking for the Symposium

YALSA has set up an online community just for symposium attendees. Please visit this before, during and after the symposium to network with fellow attendees & presenters and get the latest news & information.

In the June 2010 issue of New Mexico Magazine there are three Albuquerque restaurants named part of New Mexico's Best Eats as judged by GilGarduno of Gil's Thrilling [and Filling] Blog; RockyDurham, the culinary director of the Santa Fe School of Cooking and Lesley S. King who writes the "King of the Road" column for New Mexico Magazine.

Best Huevos Rancheros: El Camino Dining Room, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque. 6800 Fourth Street NW. 505-344-0448. The specialty of the house is huevos rancheros, a corn tortilla smothered with beans, potatoes, eggs, chile, and cheese. Though usually a breakfast dish, it can be eaten any time of the day.

Best Green-Chile Stew: Duran's Central Pharmacy, 1815 Central Avenue NW. 505-247-4141. Each brimming bowl of this hearty stew of green chile, beans, and seasoned ground beef is accompanied by a thick, homemade tortilla hot off the comal and dripping with butter. Said to cure NMWD [New Mexico Withdrawal Disorder]

Los Cuates
5016-B Lomas NE, Albuquerque
(505) 268-0974
Website
My family's favorite, and where I will head first when I get off the plane in November. Similar costs and menu to Little Anitas, but gets the gold star for delicious meals.

El Pinto
10500 4th Street Northwest
Albuquerque, NM 87114-2220
(505) 898-1771
Website
This restaurant is a little further out and pricier than Little Anita's but worth it - especially the green chile salsa. I think you can buy some of the salsa to take with you too!

Frontier Restaurant
2400 Central SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
(505) 266-0550
Website
An Albuquerque must. Located across the street from the University of New Mexico Campus (meaning little to no parking), this place is always busy. Very inexpensive, very good, and the cinnamon rolls are huge! Not really a mexican restaurant - more typical diner fare.

Grocery Stores

If you would prefer not eating out, there is a Trader Joe's at 2200 Uptown Loop Road Northeast, about two blocks east of the Marriott. I think that is the only nearby grocery store (within walking distance).

Sandia Peak is accessible from Albuquerque via tram. This is a beautiful way to spend a few hours and see the city from the top of the Sandia Mountains. There is a restaurant on the peak as well. For more information: Click Here I've taken the tram once or twice and it is quite pretty. The tram will close for routine maintenance on Nov. 8th though, so plan accordingly.

Old Town is a great place to get a sense of the southwest as well. There are shops, walkways, art and history museums. Website for more information about what is available there.

Outside Albuquerque

Why not make a vacation out of your trip to Albuquerque and see some more of New Mexico!

If you are flying in and not renting a car, try taking the Rail Runner to visit some of the above locations. Its the local version of high speed train and is a great way to get to Santa Fe and back! Rail Runner.

Two Fools Tavern
3211 Central Avenue Northeast
Albuquerque, NM 87106-1441
(505) 265-7447
Just a few blocks from Kelly's you will find this Irish themed pub.

Graham Central Station
4770 Montgomery Boulevard Northeast
Albuquerque, NM 87109-1240
(505) 883-3041
Dance Club with multiple areas featuring different kinds of music, as well as a karaoke bar. They will probably have what you are looking for if you want to get your groove on. Dress code is inforced.

About Bill Morris

A foundation of children's book publishing, William C. Morris worked at HarperCollins Children's Books for 50 years. He started out as a temp, became a salesman, and finally became the head of the advertising and library promotion department. Every inch of his office floor and desk space was filled with papers, files, books, and three overflowing rolodexes containing the names and phone numbers of every librarian, teacher, university professor, author and artist he knew. A legend in the industry, he never saw himself as a legend. Instead he saw himself as a middleman, a liaison between HarperCollins and the institutional world. The fact that he was aware of the tastes of every librarian he knew -- and he knew a thousand or more -- was something he just thought was part of his job. Bill loved his job.

His legacy also included a large estate, a good portion of which he left to more than one division within ALA. Funds from this estate are helping to make this Symposium possible, a fact Bill would have been very proud of, for young adult literature, young adult librarians, and young adult authors were very close to his heart.

YALSA is launching a major campaign to add many more members to its Friends of YALSA group by encouraging everyone to "Give $10 in '10." The Financial Advancement Committee has voted to use all funds collected during 2010 to support YALSA's advocacy campaign by paying for the cost of printing materials, helping to defray expenses of members who travel to promote advocacy, and developing an oline class in Advocacy Techniques. This is a great opportunity to show your support for YALSA, and give back to a division that helps everyone who works with teens by contributing $10 to the Friends of YALSA fund. Giving any multiples of $10 will be highly appreciated. If you would like to make your donation in person, there will be many opportunities to do so while you are at the YA Literature Symposium. Directions for giving can be found on the YALSA website [1]